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Fugitives from Nanking and Shanghai snarled and haggled their way through Canton's grimly thorough customs inspectors, then burst into a boom town. Canton this week was Reno and Juarez, Galveston and Eldorado-all wrapped up in dazzling, neon-splashed tapestry.
Adding to the confusion early in the week was a startling announcement by Kwangtung's new governor, General Hsueh Yueh: he favored a southern coalition of provinces to continue the fight against Communism. The next day he meekly blamed the statement on "faulty translation," and sent a message to...
At Premier Sun Fo's first press conference in Canton, he denied a rumored rift between himself and Li: "Technically, the capital remains in Nanking. The government is just functioning in a different place."
The Polite Cops. Nanking people who remained tried to celebrate the New Year as best they could. In the back rooms of their stores, shopkeepers lit candles on their red altars for ceremonial offerings to the gods. Barbershops were doing a rush business, and fortune tellers were so sought after...
The Last Sentinels. But China did not yet have peace. The Reds, who had earlier agreed to negotiations, were making the most of victory. Acting President Li, in Nanking, sent an urgent personal appeal to Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung. The victor let the vanquished dangle. The Communist radio broadcast...